Farmer's Market

Thanks to Ana White and her free and easy to follow farmer's market plans, we made Grace one of her own for her 2nd birthday. Of course, my husband took liberties with the design and made Grace's market bigger. Bigger is better right? That is, unless you have to fill it with fake foods :)

When we gave Grace her market, I had made roughly 40 felt fruits and veggies AND it barely made a dent. I swore I would never make another fake food again.  Never say never, right?

Along came my blog and the need to create posts SO I got to work making more fake foods and documenting the process. 

Believe it or not, I still have a few more I heart fake food tutorials on my list to complete.

In the end, I guess I don't mind that I have been the sole worker in my 'I heart fake food' sweat shop, since Grace loves her one of a kind farmer's market.

I Heart Fake Food - French Bread Tutorial

In case there have been any questions...yes, I still heart fake food.

If you still heart fake food as well, go grab the following supplies:

Tan and Cream Felt
Fiber Fill
Straight pins
*both hand sewing and machine sewing required

There is no pattern. Simply cut {2} 5 inch x 15 inch pieces of tan felt {you'll need to buy felt from a bolt, the sheets of felt won't be long enough} and {1} 5 inch x 12 inch piece of cream felt.

To give your bread some dimension you'll want to cut 3 sections across {1} piece of tan felt.  I used a water soluble pen to act as a guide for where I wanted to make my cuts.  When your 3 sections have been cut out,  pin the cream felt to the back of the tan felt.  Then either hand sew or machine sew around the cutouts.  I opted to hand sew.

Pin the side with the cutouts to the remaining piece of tan felt.  Sew around the French bread, leaving a 2 inch opening on one of the ends.  Turn the French bread right side out and stuff with fiberfill.  Using a whip stitch, sew the opening closed.

And there you have it, gluten free, carb free French bread.

If you are curious how Grace's farmers market looks, filled with all the 'I heart fake foods' I've made, come back tomorrow and check it out.

Until then, make your way through the rest of the I heart fake food tutorials here.

I Heart Fake Food - Sunny Side Up Eggs

Supplies:
White and Yellow Felt
White and Yellow Thread OR Fabric Glue
Egg Carton
Easter Eggs

Enlarging the pattern below {or making your own}

cut 2 pieces of the egg white out of white felt and 1 circle of yellow felt for the yolk.

Using a whip stitch, sew the yolk to one layer of egg.

When your yolk is secure, again, using a whip stitch, attach the remaining layer of egg to the back of the egg.

*Instead of sewing, you could easily use fabric glue to save some time.

Save an egg carton from your recycle bin.  Grab some Easter eggs...

and fill with your sunny side up eggs.

Don't all eggs open with perfectly cooked sunny side up eggs inside?

In the paraphrased words of Porky Pig, "Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-... That's all, yolks."

Make sure to check out my other felt food tutorials as well.